Styling LED rear lamp clusters?

[Ronnie63]

I'm thinking on changing the rear clusters on our 2002 ducato based motorhome, not sure if they look cool or naff? Cheap enough


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153360465768

Or just new more modern looking clusters with normal bulbs also cheap? ours are ok but one is not sealing as the rubber gasket is missing letting in moisture.

Rear Tail Lights Stop Indicator Reverse Lamp For Fiat Ducato Tipper Chassis 12+ | eBay

FIAT DUCATO TIPPER CHASSIS 2012 >. PEUGEOT BOXER TIPPER CHASSIS. VAUXHALL MOVANO VIVARO TIPPER CHASSIS. FUNCTIONS : STOP / TAIL / INDICATOR / REVERSE / FOG / NUMBERPLATE ( ON LEFT UNIT ). FITTING WITH 2 BOLTS M6 (FIXING CENTRE 152 mm).

www.ebay.co.uk

Thanks Ronnie

 

[gm6vxb]

The first lot look ok but see the note at the bottom of the listing:
'IN SOME CASES AN INLINE RESISTOR MAY BE REQUIRED TO PREVENT THE INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING FAST BECAUSE OF THE LOW POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE LEDS'.
I would suspect you might need to do this. I think the van is early enough not to have a bulb fail light on the dash board as with LED's the current drawn will cause this to alarm, been there, done that !!!.

The second light clusters again look ok, and as they are bulb types you could either fit normal bulbs or LED bulbs complete with ballast resistors.

Really I think it comes down as to which is the easier to fit, but personally I would go for the second option and LED bulbs, but a bit more cost.

Alternately you might be able to find some of the rubber sealing strip at a local hardware store and make up a seal yourself.
Basically cut to correct length, 'Superglue' the ends together and fit

 

[Ronnie63]

Thanks, yes 2nd option looks easiest assuming the plug thing on the back is the same as on my 2002 model, I'm not to bothered about led lamps to be honest it was just to smarten it up a bit at the back

Thanks Ronnie